World Vision Uganda

World Vision Uganda (WVU) is part of the World Vision global partnership and therefore functions in partnership with World Vision offices across the world. World Vision started working in Uganda in 1986 in response to the “Ugandan Bush War”, which dominated Uganda between 1981 and 1986 as the National Resistance Army (NRA) waged war against the government.

The organisation launched a relief effort to assist people in central Uganda resettle and rebuild their infrastructure. A year later World Vision started working long-term with two development projects.

It moved to Gulu in 1988 with relief for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the start of the current conflict in northern Uganda. It continues to work for peace and reconciliation in the region.

Today, World Vision has 36 long-term development programmes and 30 grant-funded projects in 18 of Uganda’s 56 districts. All projects are multi-sectoral. Through the sponsorship of some 80,000 children, WVU is able to provide education support and developmental activities.

These include construction and equipping of schools and health centres, training of health workers and farmers, provision of improved crop varieties and animal breeds and of clean and safe water. Advocacy in all of these areas is a key part of its work.

Grant funded programmes include rehabilitation of former abductees in northern Uganda, emergency relief, HIV and AIDS projects, as well as projects for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) and micro-enterprise development.

World Vision operates through Area Development Programmes (ADP) which normally cover one to three sub counties targeting a population of 30,000 to 90,000 people.

Activities include:

HIV and AIDS focusing on prevention, care and support.
Providing psychosocial support to HIV and AIDS and conflict affected communities.
Health focusing on malaria prevention among pregnant mothers and young children
Food security focusing on production, productivity and utilization.
Promotion of Household incomes.
Support for education
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
Humanitarian emergency affairs
Micro finance

Achievements to date:

Organizational and technical capacities built for local institutions to prevent infection and mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS
Improved well being for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)
Reduction in malaria prevalence among pregnant mothers and children under fives in WV supported communities
Increase food production, productivity and utilization
Improved nutrition status among the children under five
Improved house household incomes through provision of micro finances service
Increased enrolment and retention for primary schools in WV supported communities
Improved access to safe water, hygiene practices and sanitation in Northern Uganda
Improved disaster management and risk reduction within the ADP communities

“Good development empowers people to develop their own lives. The aim of good development is always for a community to be self–sufficient and for the outcomes to be sustainable. If the community is at the centre of the decisions and actions they will retain the sense of self-dependency rather than becoming dependent on the NGO partnering with them.”

Rudo Kwaramaba, National Director - World Vision Uganda

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